Streetwise: we rate the latest reports from the property market

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Asking prices are rising at their fastest rate since 2010, according to the
property analytics group Hometrack, which reports a 0.3 per cent
increase for March; only in the North East are prices still declining.
Hometrack attributes the move to the improved demand for homes, which has
not, for the moment, been accompanied by more supply. Homes are also selling
faster in some regions: the average “time on market” in London now stands at
4.9 weeks, the lowest figure since October 2007, when properties were
changing hands in an average of 4.4 weeks. But in the North and Midlands,
buyers